Jean Rapp

Jean Rapp (27 April 1771-8 November 1821) was a French gentleman and general.

Biography
Originally studiyng to be a clergyman, Rapp opted for military service in 1788 and became a general of Napoleon Bonaparte, serving as aide-de-camp to Louis Charles Antoine Desaix during the 1798 Egyptian Campaign. He later became assistant to Napoleon, as Desaix was killed in the Battle of Marengo in 1800. He served at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 and captured Prince Repnin, and fought at the Battle of Berezina in 1812, where he was wounded.

He joined Napoleon in the Hundred Days in 1815 and defeated the Austrians at the Battle of La Suffel before he surrendered after hearing of Napoleon's defeat. Rapp became Treasurer for Louis XVIII of France in 1818, and died in 1821 in Rheinweiler, Baden.